Many ancient cultures used the rising or setting sun to create calendars. Observe the setting sun once a week to come up with your own solar calendar!

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

The goal of this project is to create an exciting topographical map out of dough.

Get your fifth grader involved in some earth science by helping her plan and create her very own rock collection.

In this science fair project, students create their own miniature salt flats at home.

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

Looking for an enjoyable evening activity you can do with your kids? Study the stars: help them learn about constellations by making one of their own.

Your kid will delight in creating an extraterrestrial vehicle from goods found around the house. There's no telling where her imagination will go!

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

This science fair project creates a visual model of whatâs happening to sound waves as a car approaches and then leaves.

In this activity your child will make a coiling snake out of simple household materials, and also find out why they coil.

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

In this project, you'll build a model of the earth, complete with all seven continents and four major oceans.

In this experiment, students will discover how heat and pressure turn clay into slate, phyllite, and finally schist.

Create a DIY Electromagnet! Using a 9v battery to create an electrical field around a nail, students explore electromagnetism in this cool science project idea.

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

Create a bee garden to help shelter bees in your area.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

In this activity, students will create a stop motion animation by creating a clay figure and taking a series of digital photographs.

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.

Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.

In this experiment you explore how tectonic plates move to create land and expand bodies of water.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

Create your own cloud with an activity that will explain how important concepts such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation work.

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create their own tic-tac-toe grid out of building blocks.

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!